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I have been doing 5:2 for almost 3 months and have lost 8ilbs which I am happy about. What I cant get my head around is the guilt I feel on Food days. I find I am constantly analysing what I eat, using myfitnessapal religiously and feeling guilty if I so much as have a small bar of chocolate. Do any of you feel the same? I can see I am losing the weight but can't help panicking that if I start eating normally (i.e. the odd piece of chocolate, glass of wine etc) it will all go back on! I am due to go on holiday in 2 weeks and am worried I will undo all the good I have done. Its not so much the food on hols but the empty cals in drinks that is the problem ! And to be honest if you cant enjoy yourself and have a few drinks on hols when can you!

Anyway just wanted to offload a little and see if anyone else feels the same and how they get their head around it.

Also just curious - how often do you all weigh yourselves? I tend to weigh myself every Sat morning, naked as soon as I get up - do you all do this too. I guess I think that if you weigh yourself later on in the day the food you have consumed will add weight on LOL.

I know I am strange ......

I went home in April to Singapore, a food heaven. How much did I gain? Not a single thing. What did I not eat or drink? Nothing, I ate everything and anything I wanted BUT not all the time. Breakfast was skipped as I know lunch and dinner would be calorific. I did eat a single thing that I did not like or want as its a waste of calorie. I went only for the food I wanted. I dont usually drink sugary drinks but I did in Singapore.

Then there was my 4 weeks staycation. I did a 16:8 and skipped even more meals if I did not feel what I was making or being served something I want to waste my daily calorie intake. I have no problems telling people no thank you I am full or I dont like what is given to me.

Try to relax as if more 'rules' and tensed you are, the easier for you to give up.

Hi:

You have to come to the belief that you will lose weight with 5:2 if you eat around your TDEE on non-fast days, and do fast days as outlined.

As for holiday - quick on, quick off. 5-2-diet-chat-f6/the-scale-tale-t7660.html

Have a good time!

Sim have just read your post on holiday diet - you have a very witty style of writing. Thank you for that, yes it is so easy to sweat the small stuff as you say with 5:2 its easy to get it off again - that will be my mantra in Cyprus

What is the point of even doing 5:2 if you obsess over dieting on the non fast days? You might as well just do a traditional diet.

I do my fast days super perfectly, but on my non fast days I do not even think about what, or how, our how much I eat. I just eat normally, drink my wine and enjoy life. I have alot to lose and have lost 12 pounds in about 6 weeks. If I had to obsess over food on the non fast days, 5:2 would just be moot.

Do your fast days, give those days your 100%, but live your normal life on the other days

You are right Diane I guess its because this diet is so good its almost unbelievable and I love the flexibility of it. I will definitely stop stressing - wow 12 lbs in 6 weeks is fantastic - well done !

Hi my advice is similar, when I had my holiday in may I'd been on this WOL just over 4 weeks so while away I did the best I could calorie wise because I only get one holiday per year 2 & I'm lucky, so I was jollywell going to have a good time because that's what holidays are for !!!
On my return I ''knew'' I'd gained weight I also get chronic water retention
So didn't get on scales, I fasted first day and did 3 full 24hr fasts and one ''semi'' fast where I do 24hrs then eat anything I want 3 courses & wine
This usually comes in below my TDEE. I use this method probably once each week Got on scales 8days after my return exactly same weight as the day I got on the plane
So Yes my motto is easy on easy off as simo
Never before in my life have I felt this sort of control over my food that's the beauty of this WOL flexibility to ''Fit'' us so chill a little knowing you can easily repair the damage. Good Luck Sue

Go on and enjoy your holiday and if you put on weight you have this fantactic tool which you know works eg 5:2 and you have the forum to support you. You will most likely eat less on holidays but if you don't don't worry.

Some people do 16:8 and still have a great holiday eg just skip breakfast and start eating later.

What ever you choose will be right for you. I fuss about what I eat on feast days that is why I started 16:8 as a tIme limit. Most of all enjoy your holiday with no guilt

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I did 16:8 on holiday, combined with being mindful of how many carbs I was eating...especially stretchy foods as it's so easy to take just one potato rather than three, for example. This meant I could have cocktails and pre-dinner nibbles, wine with the meal, and a dessert. I lost 1lb over the three weeks. No guilt!

What a classic. I ate 3 choc chip cookies today but otherwise very healthy. Have been feeling guilty ever since. Thanks for reminding me about tdee, i think i did ok, now can stop worrying about the cookies!