Hi all,
Some of you may remember me a lot won't. You can get the details in my blogs etc. I am a big advocate of fasting, it works for me and as you know many others. But sometimes life just gets in the way. Realising that I had too much stress in my life I took a major sabbatical from fasting followed by a long holiday.
I have found that since I stopped fasting and exercising all the horrible niggles have come back. Back ache, joint aches all over especially in the morning, hot flushes (caused by too many carbs), arthritic wrists, spots, lack of energy, you name it, its come back. If I can stop the hot flushes again it will be a boon, I yearn for a decent nights sleep again.
Just before my holiday my weight had gone up 10lbs from my lowest fasting weight but had seemingly stabilized there. Whilst on holiday I even lost weight with the heat, not having nibbles in and only eating once a day. Coming back through Europe and getting colder showed that the colder weather does trigger my eating though. So once back I weighed myself and seemed to have stabilized again at 7lbs above my lowest weight and my appetite had also settled down again so I felt safe fasting again.
Yesterday was my first fast in a long, long time. This time I was determined not to get stressed about it and held out till 4pm. My final calories were over the 500kcals, but as I said I wasn't going to stress about it all. I couldn't calculate what my calories were accurately as I was freezer diving (eating up all the single portions etc that fill your freezer, before restocking it with fresh foods). Weighing this morning I was still a pound down so I'm happy.
I am hoping for another 40lbs off this time around without getting myself in knots when my set point kicks in. I'm off shopping this afternoon and plan on stuffing the fridge with lots of lovely veg. Shopska salad anyone? (Bulgarian staple).
Some of you may remember me a lot won't. You can get the details in my blogs etc. I am a big advocate of fasting, it works for me and as you know many others. But sometimes life just gets in the way. Realising that I had too much stress in my life I took a major sabbatical from fasting followed by a long holiday.
I have found that since I stopped fasting and exercising all the horrible niggles have come back. Back ache, joint aches all over especially in the morning, hot flushes (caused by too many carbs), arthritic wrists, spots, lack of energy, you name it, its come back. If I can stop the hot flushes again it will be a boon, I yearn for a decent nights sleep again.
Just before my holiday my weight had gone up 10lbs from my lowest fasting weight but had seemingly stabilized there. Whilst on holiday I even lost weight with the heat, not having nibbles in and only eating once a day. Coming back through Europe and getting colder showed that the colder weather does trigger my eating though. So once back I weighed myself and seemed to have stabilized again at 7lbs above my lowest weight and my appetite had also settled down again so I felt safe fasting again.
Yesterday was my first fast in a long, long time. This time I was determined not to get stressed about it and held out till 4pm. My final calories were over the 500kcals, but as I said I wasn't going to stress about it all. I couldn't calculate what my calories were accurately as I was freezer diving (eating up all the single portions etc that fill your freezer, before restocking it with fresh foods). Weighing this morning I was still a pound down so I'm happy.
I am hoping for another 40lbs off this time around without getting myself in knots when my set point kicks in. I'm off shopping this afternoon and plan on stuffing the fridge with lots of lovely veg. Shopska salad anyone? (Bulgarian staple).
You have certainly been missed. Your first fast back sounds fine to me. 
