5:2 starting today

[linkainka]

Hi
I've just finished reading the book. What a revelation!
Fasting today. Looking forward to eating tomorrow.
Would love to hear about your experiences. Xxxx

Hi housewife xx I'm not fasting today either. I had a chicken curry ( homemade ) for tea.
Surprisingly, I didn't eat as much as I normally do and there is plenty left over for lunch tomorrow. This 'diet' is quite amazing. A few days on and my perspective on food is changing xxx

I've also found I eat less on non-fast days. Can only be a good thing!

Linka - I log all weekdays on MFP, but don't generally bother at the weekend...

I'm starting on my second fast day today (I'm in NZ so half a day ahead of you guys).

I'm slightly gutted as I had some marmite delivered in yesterday's shop - a huuuuge deal, as marmite has been out of circulation here for well over a year (2 years?!) due to the factory being pretty much destroyed in the Christchurch earthquake and it's finally come back on the shelves and I was looking forward to my first slice of toast so much!! Will just have to wait until lunch.

I fasted today.

Had a broccoli and kidney bean salad for lunch, low fat natural yoghurt and lemon juice for dressing.

Then omelette at dinner.

Also had a banana and a pear.

Walked for 80 mins briskly this morning as well.

Morning all

Fast day for me today. Having crispbread and Philadelphia with salad (lemon juice dressing) & cup a soup for lunch. Then soup again for dinner - have swapped fast days this week because of Easter etc, but didn't think it through when meal planning! Had scheduled in fish fingers & chips for tonight, which somehow I don't think I can get away with on a fast day! So soup it is .

Good luck to anyone else fasting today!

Hey girls,

Fasting today.....rough night with DC so I think its going to be fuelled mainly by nescafe...

I've got fresh M and S soup 240 cals for the whole lot!! So half at late lunch time and then the other half tonight with a slice of bread....

The rest of the cals will be going to support my need for copious amounts of coffee!

Going to try and go at least 16 hours...

Hi monster - drink it black, no sugar = no cals!! I'm on my 4th cup this morning ..

Ha ha!!! I'm going to have the jitters by the time bed time rocks up. Hope DC sleeps better tonight thank god for a short working week!!!

I try to go no milk but find it hard going so I alternate black and white with a sweetner!!

How is everyone else doing? Buckled and had my soup early...was v tasty a lot more satisfying than the crappy cuppa soups for around the same cals!!!

Hi
I'm fasting tomorrow which is Thursday. Anyone the same? Xx

I fasted yesterday, and found it really tough. I had lunch at 12 and I think it's too early. I find the morning fine and don't get hungry at all, so need to push lunch back, I think.

Didn't help that I was baking up a storm for the arrival of my MIL today...!

Yes I'm fasting tomorrow Link

Midnight how are you going to resist all your cakes??

Hello to everyone else too I'm on my phone so can't check back up thread very easily!

As I said fast tomorrow so no doubt ill be on here all day as I won't have the energy for anything else

Still kids had rare KFC tonight and I had.....omelette!!!

Good luck tomorrow housewife xx

I'm quite amazed at this really. On non fast days I eat well and often but I don't binge on biscuits or junk anymore.
Weird :/ xxx

Ok so a non fasting day for me today.

I had weetabix.
Goats cheese omelette and chocolate brownie.
Banana
Cheese sandwich
Pear

I weighed myself for the first time in about a year. 13 stone2lbs which is v depressing.

Don't worry Viva. It will come off. Lets stick together and support each other. An early morn start for me and I'm fasting xxx

Good luck today housewife & link :)

I struggled a bit last night: made lovely tomato & lentil soup & some cheese scones: had worked out I could have 1 but there were leftovers and I really wanted one!! Managed to resist, but it was tough...

Non fast today: just had lovely bowl of porridge with fresh fruit, Greek yoghurt & handful of mixed seeds. Leftover soup for lunch & fish fingers & chips for dinner!

Don't worry viva...it'll come off. I find setting myself small closer goals far more motivating than the 'big ultimate goal'....so by May I'd like to have lost 7lbs....

Rather than thinking oh god I've got another stone and half to go urrrggghhhh!!!

Fast day yesterday was a doodle surprisingly...I will struggle today though..eating day and I'm still tired...can see some comfort stuffing happening!!!

Does anyone else try to continue a 16 hour fast even on non fast days? So I ate at 8pm last night, hold off breaking the fast till 12 today???

I AM STARVING

CLOSE TO DEATH

Hold on there....I am so hungry too. Have been teaching all morning and didn't have breakfast so as soon as I am finished with this last lesson I will have a porridge. STARVED!!!!!!!!!

You can do this ladies.....glass of cold water before you eat, help fill you up.....

How did it go housewife? Xxx

Happy Easter everyone. Hope no one is fasting today xxxxxx

I'm starting on Tuesday. Just doing my planning now.

Good luck newbie. I'm fasting again tomorrow xx

Ugh, I'm fasting today, Easter Monday, but not out of choice. I have a hospital apt tomorrow and have to fast today (and tomorrow morning until after the procedure at around 3/4PM).

I had to cut out all fibre yesterday, Sunday, which meant no Easter eggs and no hot cross buns...

Grim.

I am going to be ravernous by dinner time tomorrow.

I hope everyone else is having a lovely Easter. :)