The FastDay Forum

Oh come on everyone! I'm feeling a lot of DODO negativity. I think it would be good to set a new challenge and get peeps to try ADF for a month. It's so much easier than people think. Mind you, I guess it's more tricky when you have a social life or just a life for that matter.
This week sees the end of the "Challenge" and sadly I don't think I'm going to make it. Never mind...slowly but surely

yeah, I'd be up for a challenge except for a weekend in Tokyo I have coming up. One day involves an all-you-can-eat cheese party (it's really hard to get good cheese in Japan, so this is an opportunity I can't pass up). I can try to be reasonable on the other days, but I'm sure I won't stick to 500. I'll try to stick to ADF while I'm not in Tokyo though.

Good morning Beanybobz @nursebean x
I don't feel negative about DoDo ( have you seen the lovely pic? Werent they sweet in their own way?)
It's a marvellous WOE for those who can hack it.
..i just know ADF isnt realistic for me..did it one week and found it too hard going and very stressful.
5:2 is more than challenge enough for me. everyone's different X

No negativity here! I'm excited to have a bit more structured plan for a few weeks to see if I can get to a lower number on the scale! Today is a "whatever" day for me which means up to my TDEE, or whatever! I basically know my menu for the day and will plug it in to MFP and see what it adds up to. I may have to add some extra coconut oil to boost the calories if I come in too low.

Not sure if I posted it here, but in just over 4 weeks, I'm leaving for Florida where I'll spend 4 days on the beach with some friends and then we board a cruise ship for 5 days in the Caribbean. I am beyond excited, but would like a few less pounds to tote along. This is a group of about 25 women who all met on an online forum similar to this one. We get together every other year, but this is our first "big" trip. My roommate for the beach & cruise is coming all the way from Alaska! She's a sweetie. When I return, I'm sure I'll need this DODO tent even more to get back on the straight and narrow!

Off to boot camp to beat on the heavy bag! I love cardio boxing day!

Later!

Thats fantastic @lori
What a great plan and a good incentive to drop a few pounds before you go x

Mmm I think ADF is a true mindset. When I started DODOing 5:2 wasn't doing it for me, never gave 4:3 a thought, don't know why just never crossed my mind. It did take me a couple of weeks to build up to "yes I'm doing it "but I was ready and wanted to do it. It's hard sometimes and a shock to the system and yes it does get in the way of social events sometimes, but that mighty word.....adapt....comes into play. I don't think it would have worked for me if I had started it thinking I'll try it and see, because I would have tried it and seen I wasn't going to carry on!! I have to be hard with myself.!!
So I understand the trepidation, it is a commitment. I understand that in the first couple of weeks you just seem to be fasting all the time. When I started ADF I started a round of insanity, full on 6 days a week...omg that was hard, too much some days, I didn't have the energy.
But I walk my dog at least 3 miles a day, I work out, not everyday, and I ADF. I drink alcohol occasionally I socialise, work shifts and I bake cakes when I'm fasting. No I'm not saying I'm heaven sent, what I'm saying is you can fit it around your life but, you have to be in the DODO groove to do it. I'm lucky I found my groove early on. That doesn't mean to say I don't struggle cos sometimes I do. Sometimes I miss a day , yep you can do that and not fall off the wagon.
Anyways I'm off on holiday in a few weeks time. I will not be fasting at all. I'm sure I will bloat up, eat one to many ice cream and the sangria will flow. I will enjoy my food and drink. Thing is I now can't eat or drink as much as I used to but I will have fun trying when I get back I will get straight back into ADF. But sometimes I need a break from it.
Try it, adapt it, play around with it, do what fits you. Be prepared to give yourself plenty of pep talks at the beginning. You may love it, hate it, do it for a bit who knows, but hang out in this tent cos it's funny and friendly and you too can look like a Dodo!!! X

[carieoates]

You've sold it to me @minsmumminsmum .
When I get back from Florida. Yes im going next week! Eek

I will ADF - reason is I believe I may be plateauing and I'm not far from goal.

Like you say I can't eat as much anymore and prefer different foods anyway. So I'm going to have to practice mindful eating for a few weeks as I'm not sure if I'm going to skip breakfast or lunch whilst out there.

Oh wow @carieoates! Its nearly here,how exciting! X

You mean I never sold ADF to you Oatesy?!
Blimey, next week eh? Is that half term again? Bet you can't wait now.
Are you fasting today Candy? Or are you back to Thursdays? Can't believe I was the first in fasting today. Its nearly 10 o'clock for heaven's sake

Good Morning!
I'm fasting today...hope I can hold strong as I'm feeling hungry already and it's only 6AM! I'm enjoying my morning off from boot camp and just sitting and sipping coffee while catching up with emails and forums.

The scale is trending down for the month(slowly) and now that I've become a DODO(!), I'm hoping it starts to trend down a bit more quickly. Patience, patience! So, shooting for 500 calories today and 1,000 tomorrow with a normal day on Friday. I had a normal day yesterday....and imagine the scale was down this morning! Gotta love that!

Ok..another cup of coffee for me and my cat is clawing at the window to come in. She woke me at 4:30 this morning to give her breakfast and then let her out. Guess she's had enough and is ready to come in for a nap.

Have a lovely day!

Hi Nursy @nursebean i' m done fasting for this week..bean doing sunday/ tuesday lately,but this week i did satday instead of mums day and then Monday. I know i've bean very confusing this week and satday was last week strictly speaking,but it worked out as 4 fasts in 2 weeks ,so it ticked the box.
Trying to follow @loris example and do two 1000 cal days also xx

My social schedule worked out this week to start back on ADF. Something to do on Wednesday Friday Sunday and Tuesday. I'm usually never this busy. I had a sort of half-fast yesterday (since Tuesday was a non-fast day) and I'm doing a 500 cal fast day today. It's definitely good for kickstarting weight loss… I think I'm not ready to commit to doing it long-term though because I worry about fasting fatigue, having been at this for almost two years!

Good Morning!

Feeling great today! Good boot camp workout, scale was down this morning(3 lbs for the week!!) and the sun is shining! Never mind that we're getting snow tomorrow.....I'm smiling today!

Today is a planned 1,000 calorie day. My fast yesterday probably ended up at about 800 calories as I was just starving all day. No worries...the scale was happy.

What is everyone up to today??

[carieoates]

You mean I never sold ADF to you Oatesy?!
Blimey, next week eh? Is that half term again? Bet you can't wait now.
Are you fasting today Candy? Or are you back to Thursdays? Can't believe I was the first in fasting today. Its nearly 10 o'clock for heaven's sake

Easter hols start next week onwards bean. Mmmm exactly I'm getting excited.
And yes I was too busy to start the thread yesterday I would have though.
So I'm guessing you're having a nice eating day. I've just had a mushroom and onion omelet with rocket dressed with balsamic and olive oil very nice indeed.

So do schools break up today then? For how long?
Haven't had many sales for Easter yet
Sounds as though you're doing well @Lori. I like the 1000 cal days. Think I should try that after yesterday's eating fiasco! Anyway, fasting today and for some reason I can always control myself on fast days.
Look forward to hearing how you're doing.
Carie? What day do you fly out? Bet you can't wait now xx