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!!

Im tired so worried it will be tough. I think its all in the planning. But yes, it seems tougher than before. Need to get in "the zone"

well let's try and do it.

i think it's partly feeling rather resentful of the fact that actually i havent' been eating loads and haven't done anything obvious to create the weight gaining back on. in the past it's liek yep i've been over eating or i took that medication that caused it or whatever.

now it's just like my body is out to spite me it's age i suppose and it feels like fighting against something inevitable.

see i'm in foot stamping mode.

it's partly realising that jesus in order to be the slimness i like best we'd be talking about spending the rest of my life obsessing and battling and with each year further towards menopause probably having to work even harder as my body works against me.

having said that the minute i go live a few months in the climate that works for me it all falls off

sorry - i'm venting.

seriously feeling like a petulant child about it at the minute.

realistically it's just a stone and a bit but it changes my body and how i feel about it and what i feel comfortable in and how attractive/yuk i feel etc. it's frustrating that that is the case and i rather wish i just didn't give a damn but i do.

i see marvelously happy, confident men of my age walking around with bellies not giving a flying fuck about it.

Snap Honey I've been in the petulant child mode for some time too. I worked hard for the last few weeks, shifted the teensiest tiniest upper layer of flab, squeezed back in my jeans but last night all I could see was my huge fat (pure pure lard) belly and I'm like wtaf!!! Why does it have to be such a constant grind/rewind
I haven't managed anything approaching a decent fast this week, although fair enough as had another Xmas party last night. I ate a big hotel brekkie this morning and then didn't fancy lunch so
I'm hanging on for my dinner. I was thinking of fasting tomorrow but have just blooming remembered I have a lunch out, ahhhhhhh

Oh I hear you Honeybadger you talk sense. I imagine we have a similar target WL and its frustrating.
But you will get back in the zone. You will.
I did so bloody well today. Then on the way home i knew i would break it because it had been a tough day and i would have wine while I write my massive "to -do - for -Christmas" list.
So i had scampi and oven chips and peas and some wine
But i do like the mini fast thing.

i know but imagine having to blush or feel ashamed because you ate scampi and fries and had a glass of wine after long day?

it's not like you invaded poland.

i've not eaten but am on my second glass of baileys and cointreau over ice.

Well youre absolutely right.
Enjoy that delicious drink.

managed a fairly light day yesterday. have been prescribed some tablets to try and prevent migraines with a litany of potential side effects some of which sound dire but one is weight loss - let's hope i get that one

feeling under the weather today but hopefully will manage a fast day tomorrow.

Well done for eating light honeybadger
Today i ate........"not light" but yesterday was not bad at all.
Good luck with the FD. I doubt i can manage that tbh. But im doing ok with skipping breakfast and then eating lightly and actually i do like that bit of hunger.
All the best with the meds.

Morning all - can't believe it's only 3 more sleeps to the big day (forgive the cutesy method of measuring time but in our house with 2 dd's, that's how we roll)
I have to admit to some pretty shocking behaviour and empty wrappers and unashamed scale dodging but quite honestly if I go near it now, I'll be a blubbering and blubbery mess. So my plan is to hide the chocolates and get my ass in gear for some damage limitation. I'll do a fast 5 today I reckon as I've tonnes to do so it'll fit in just fine, then a 16:8 tomorrow and a normal'ish day Xmas eve, saving my cals for bubbly & nibbley bits in the evening. I'm hosting a tea party this afternoon but am planning on making the sambo's to order to save myself from the usual sample everything style I normally adopt. I'll also employ the 1 plate method, so I'll load my plate up with a small selection and then when it's gone it's gone. I'm desperate not to come out of the holiday season with an extra arse! Anyone else got any survival tips? My focus will be the fun and the fun isn't all about the food.

my tip is not very useful unless you can expose yourself to someone with a deathly bug - i've spent the last three days virtually bedridden with the lurgy. got on the scales this morning and appear to have lost 2lbs. it's some consolation but i suspect i'd have rather been functional

yesterday i fasted by virtue of not being able to stand up long enough to get food and then sleeping most of the afternoon. haven't eaten yet today and wouldn't be standing up if it wasn't for my little boys declarations of starvation every two hours and the need to do little bursts of gift wrapping.

cross fingers i'm healthy not just in time for christmas but in time to get some food in for it. i'd assumed i'd get out to the shops and pick stuff up before then - bit cavaliar maybe but it's just the two of us and we aren't after particularly traditional fare. we'll cobble something together.

so no, other than catch the flu through a 'good will' gesture of making a point of sitting down and talking to old people who might be lonely during the christmas season i have no tips

good luck x

You poor thing Honey, hope you feel better soon and no I think I'll pass on the tip I'm having a lonely old person over for afternoon tea so hopefully that's a smidgen of a good deed. So very sad to think of the homeless, elderly etc who are alone this season, time to count blessings rather than calories for me! It's a luxury to have only a few extra pounds to obsess about. Have a very lovely & peaceful Christmas all xxx

Understandably very quiet here the last few days. How's everyone doing? Nice time had I hope? I've had a really nice Christmas which was a welcome surprise (difficult family situation, parent & sibling'wise) but everything went much much better than expected which was a huge relief! On the food front I'm pleasantly surprised that I've kept myself in check yet not had to be too restrictive. While a decent amount of the spent in comfy pjs, spent at least every day in well fitting size 12 jeans which haven't yet cut off circulation! Score
Still scale dodging and will do do until I manage a couple of proper fasts, planning one for tomorrow.
Anyone else care to share

hi not2 - at the risk of sounding braggy i weighed on boxing day and i'd lost 3lbs since weighing myself about five days before. guess being poorly helped with loss of appetite and i've really not had a sweet tooth at all lately so didn't end up eating chocs and the like over christmas. drinking water like a fish though.

kudos to you planning a fast again so soon - good luck with it.

Honey far from bragging! Although you could if you wanted, a lose over Xmas? Unheard of of! I know it was linked to being poorly but a tiny silver lining maybe? At least you'll leave this year lighter which is so rare. As for my fasting tomorrow, I'd say I'll welcome it after the brekkie and lunch I've had. Doing a reverse 16:8, won't have dinner as seriously stuffed (and a smidge squiffy after 2 glasses of vino) - feel a bit nauseous truth be told, that's what I get for eating off my plate and picking off the kids and dh's

Loss not lose, sorry always have trouble with lose/loss.... In more ways than just correct use!

i probably won't though not2. it's a part of why i become irked with all this calories in calories out stuff sometimes. nowadays i could have a two day fast, whilst drinking tons of fluids, lose weight then on day three eat lightly and well and put three pounds on

likewise that three pounds could go back on with a bowl of soup and some salmon and steamed veg once feeling better.

i get what the alleged and general rules are but my body doesn't seem to be playing by them of late lol.

i'm getting my blood and intrigue fix from watching 'borgio' on netflix the last few days. 15th Century Papal machinations.

I need to get back on this. I did it until Sept. I was training for great North run and stopped a few weeks before to help training. Then maintained happily with running. But I'm injured, I'm not running and it's been Christmas so I've put half a stone back on.

I said I was going to fast today. Then had awful night/morning with dc and so just had cornflakes :(

don't have a sadface over a bowl of cornflakes or a half stone gained through injury and christmas my love! seriously!

how long will you be laid up for? christmas is over so that's one issue gone. how soon till you can start some form of training again?

I hear you Honey, my own weight loss is very strange. I too can re-gain pounds overnight and it seems to take weeks to actually truly drop real weight. I'm toying with the idea of hiding the scales for a month and persevering with 5:2, having a dry January and generally attempting to be mindful and make a proper shot at succeeding. Knowing my luck though the day I do decide to weigh in I'll be heavier! Happened last year at lent, no choc/crisps/alcohol and I stayed the same! Unreal, of course I must have substituted the bad stuff for too much good stuff but I was gutted. Maybe my body likes being a chunky 12+ stone, seems very reluctant to drop down. I'm now tempted by the Borgias, wish I didn't have to go out in the cd to work. Not hungry now, but it's a long time til light lunch, oh well if I keep busy at work it'll help

you'll make it easy not2b - try to leave lunch till as late as possible and drink loads of water and black coffee if you like it. borgia is great.

i'm lucky not to have to go out to work. later today a friend is picking me, ds and the dog up and taking us down to his in bristol for a while - so other than having to pack and magic some socks for ds out of the ether that's it. one of my clients is taking a proper christmas break this year and the other main one has assured me i should leave work till next week so.... but i think it's a good thing right?

how's it going not2?

Pretty crap Honey, days not lost but it's not a fd Just too depressing being in work (job is a royal pita atm) ended up going out for lunch and while it wasn't a pig out, the subsequent trips to the sweets dotted about the office put the nail in the coffin. Could have been worse but then again could have been a hell of a lot better!
Meh, need to get back into some sort of routine, walk before I could run, too many big plans and not enough carry through. How's you?

i didn't eat yesterday but through lack of appetite and ill-er day in the up down, up down tail end of this lurgy. think i was asleep more than awake yesterday too. meant to get loads of packing and sorting done - didn't.

would you find it easier to just set a calorie limit for now? ease back into normal eating before trying the fasts?

Well folks here we are again! More than 2 years on and back where I started and really needing some help to get back on track.

I started fasting in Sept 2012 after a friend mentioned something about fasting on tv. We were on holiday at the time and I was deeply unhappy with my weight. As soon as I got back I watched the show, did some reading and had my first fast day. I found these threads (number 3 I think!) and It was marvellous I got control back of my body and lost over 2 stones in the first 3 months. It worked for me and quickly became a way of life then Christmas came...

I didn't fast for a month and the weight piled back on. Got back into fasting and of course it took longer to come off than go on! I got to within a few pounds of my target weight and lost focus. I yoyod for a bit largely maintaining at 10 stone 4. I settled for that with a near enough is good enough kind of way. I got complacent and was overeating on fast days, alcohol, take aways, snacks and not enough exercise it was a recipe for disaster. I abandoned too many fast days and even when was managing my 2 fasts I was way overeating so still gaining weight.

I'm now back to almost exactly the same weight as when I started and am disgusted with myself. I had actually convinced myself that my body had adapted to fasting and that nobody would be able to maintain. I stopped kidding myself I was fasting in November and have been binging since then.

However it looks like I was wrong some people from my era are still maintaining so the fasts still work which means I need to look closer to home for the reason it's not working anyone. Somehow I have gotten out of the zone and need to do something so I have come back to where it all started. Some of us seem to be are struggling (Christmas is really not helping) I really cannot believe that I have let it happen again but here I am hoping MN can help me to get back into fasting like it did before.

I refuse to buy big clothes and my wardrobe has become somewhat diminished. I did it before and can do it again. New Year new start. Fasted today for the first time in weeks and it has gone well, however I'm in the danger zone for fast busting with a house full of Christmas chocolate and alcohol.

Thanks for listening I feel better already