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!!

ha ha Honey

Drink the entire bottle! I would!

of course, I am half joking

the whole bottle would be 400cals it seems but not very nutritious

i'm just feeling a bit stressed out and must admit worrying about weight, and going through fasting and being good without results, is kind of making me more pissed off. i will stick with it but sometimes i feel really fifty/fifty about whether i should give a shit about carrying an extra stone really.

the reality is it bothers me so i want to do something about it BUT another part of me thinks what kind of headfuck is this that i'd put myself through obsessing and jumping through hoops for the sake of a clothes size or so?

sometimes it just makes me feel angry. sorry - not helpful i know. but sometimes i read threads on here about weight loss and it is so depressing to think of women spending so much energy and emotion and self esteem upon a magic number on a scale.

sorry.

Honey - I could have written that post.

Really, all I need to shift is a stone. 2 stone would be amazing but a stone is fine.

I agonise over it all so much and waste so much time worrying about it. As my mum says "who will remember in a hundred years time?"

I go through this shift so much. For the majority of the time I think "fuck it I don't care" but then I will change, and I know I need to lose the extra weight.

I feel so amazing when I have shed the pounds, and that is what I try and focus on. I look better, feel better and have a better attitude.

By god, I could just go a wine now, though.

Have only had those 2 bits of choc, and a cuppa soup today.

No idea what I will have for dinner. It may all go tits up!

no don't have wine argh and don't let me put you off! you've already had your chocolate and ham and bits that you hadn't planned on!

don't let it go tits up - how about soup? left as late as possible?

I am so hungry right now! I am trying to talk myself out of carrying on with the fast, I know I am!!

I agree that the amount of time and energy (emotional and otherwise) that we put into this "last stone" is ridiculous. BUT then everytime I read something about waist measurements as indicators in all sorts of health nasties, and general health issues I know that it does matter and may make all the difference between me staying well and healthy through my forties and beyond.
If only it were easier
Just sabotaged my FD with a chocolate brownie and two mini samosas. Grrrrr.

ok there's something in the air today eh?

just wine so far so i'm still 'in the game' theoretically.

I agree about getting pissed off at the hard work to be slim.
But i know i feel and look much better when i am nearer my ideal weight.
Today has been tough and i have failed really. I made a chunky minestrone at lumchtime and ended up eating a large bowl of it with half a slice of buttered toast.
I will try to avoid dinner but as i am making it its sooooo hard. I finitely think i find this easier when i am at work

yeah i definitely found it easier when i was working outside of home - i find it a lot harder now i'm self employed.

i was doing ok but have just ordered takeaway to be delivered.

i did one really long fluid only fast this week and most days of long fast before eating and then not overeating. i did well last week. yet checking my diary i weigh more than i did three weeks ago

this isn't working for me and it's not that i'm overeating on non fast day - most non fast days i'm eating well under tdee. it's rather baffling - i'm sure this did work for me last time.

i'm afraid i've said fuck it for today. sorry everyone is struggling today - what's that all about? i'm on day 23 of my cycle and hoping to see some miracle shift with my period but not holding my breath.

I just found some chocolate at the bottom of my bag. They belong to my ds. Well, they did.

Oops. Great big fat fail.
Going to try again on monday.

Yesterday was a failure for me too. I stuffed my face with lamb chops (fat and all) and loads of creamy mash.

Oops.

Start again on Tuesday...

what happened to us all?

in good news though yes i had some chinese, but i didn't eat much of it and i ate in a very small window after having not eaten for a good 22 hours (bar my glass of wine) and overall was well under what i allegedly use in a day.

Well done Honeybadger
We'll get there.
I think I just got tired. Lack of sleep made it hard to focus on a FD.

my gut about you yesterday is that you closed of all options to food and then felt deprived and panicked.

might be better off taking a sandwich box with some salad and a boiled egg or a handful of prawns to work with you so that you don't feel panicked and if the chocolate comes round you have something else to turn to instead.

a boiled egg is only about 80cals but really filling and perfect protein. salad is next to nothing and a few prawns if you like them feel like a flavour treat.

Mmmm preparation is key

sorry Real - i mixed you up with arrgh and her story of being in the office with no avenue to food!

thanks for the well done. really not merited and caught my reflection from the side earlier to my mortification. it's amazing how much difference a stone makes when it's all around your middle.

Morning all. Still recovering from last week's horrible virus but here we are, another week closer to Christmas
FD tomorrow and Thurs this week for me. Anyone else doing tomorrow?

hey dotty - sorry you're still poorly.

i don't know. i haven't fasted since thursday's attempt and i'm feeling so much better and full of energy i'm wondering if this still suits me or whether i'm better off trying something else tbh.

Hi. Fasting today. Much easier when at work and not preparing DCs food all day but still requires some..... Application.
1apple, 1tin mulligatawny soup (230 cals) and one plum.
Making pie and chips for the DCs

Poor poorly dotty i hope you're better soon.
Good luck with tomorrow's fast.
I do feel a sense of achievement (although I know the day isn't over)
Fasting today and Wednesday as have a "do" on Thursday.

Honeybadger have you tried mini fasting? Like when you just eat between 11am and 5pm or whatever? Sometimes I think it helps me to mix it up a bit.

i eat in a smaller window than that anyway naturally amanda. generally don't eat until the afternoon at least. it's not that it's hard so much as inaffective for me at the minute

my current stance is to leave it till i get my period and then see how i feel. it may be that i'm premenstrual and retaining everything anyway. we'll see.