The FastDay Forum

@ Caroline - have a wonderful holiday & don't worry, you know you can sort it afterwards if you really need to

@ janeg - love the idea of upgrading to a good friend because of noticing the weight loss LOL

@ gillymary - fabulous only putting 1kg on, well done you

[janeg]

shallow , I know , but I'll take it!

Thank you so much AnnieD that is such a lovely way to look at my little extra kg which I plan to dispatch with ASAP

I am also back from a fortnight away in Orkney, Shetland & Edinburgh & I nearly fell off my scales last Sunday when I saw I had gained 8 1/2 lbs in weight! Admittedly I hadn't fasted & more or less eaten what was on offer but there was a lot of walking & hill climbing to reach inaccessible pre-historic sites.
Well after last week with two days fasting, some 16:8ing & normal eating & drinking I have lost 6lbs 10oz so I reckon fluid retention must have played a large part with getting dehydrated travelling. Unfortunately I am still 1 3/4 lbs over my pre holiday weight but back on 5:2 & some 16:8ing when I don't feel like eating breakfast. Still a long way to go now before I reach my goal weight but back on track.

That's great Isis, to go on holiday and then come back, get into your regular routine and lose most of your holiday gain in a week is really inspirational. Just goes to show that you can take time off and then get back on track without too much trouble. Good luck with losing that last 1 3/4lb and then just carry on

Hi
Just heard about this diet and I sound doable. Only problem I'm not sure howit works. All. Know is I can eat suing an 8 hour window then fast for 16 hours. Is it fell that simple??
Any advice appreciated

Hello Geogirl
Yes you eat all your food in an eight hour window & then don't eat for the next sixteen hours. In practice for me that means I miss breakfast on eating days & when I have a brunch around 12-30 to 13-00pm I open my eating window & then have dinner before 19-30pm & eat nothing after that. To lose weight you do need to not eat above your TDEE during this time & then fast as usual on two days. I do have coffee with a splash of milk in the morning before eating & opening my window that does stretch the fast idea a little. If you want the original idea it's called The Eight Hour Diet & there is a cheap summary available on Amazon for Kindle. But I am not the person who started this idea here because that was Ballerina so you need to look at her threads.

Ok thanks Isis that helps

Very interesting information, you all have posted. Thanks for sharing- I may give it a whirl!

Yes yes!!
I know it sounds silly because I have only lost a pound in weight this week, that is better than usual for me, but I now weigh 13 stone 13 lbs. I have waited 6-8 weeks to get here & below 14 stone, although I did in this time go on holiday & lose all my holiday weight gain. It feels like a huge hurdle to have crossed & I am one pound way from losing 2 stone since Christmas.

Thanks love this thread. I seem to have stabilised at 77kg on 5:2 /16:8 over a period of 10 weeks and I lost 3kg. I went on 5 days holiday where there was no restriction on my eating and gained 1 kg so you could say I have lost 4kg in 10 weeks. I also injured my ankle when I had a fall so had to suspend exercise for a month as well. Well pleased with 16:8 with 2 days of 5:2 being a way to sustain a steady loss. Each week I have a day where I just eat what I want when want as well.

Just bumping this up as a few folk are interested, so here is the thread, good luck everyone

Ballerina x

Another 1kg down with 16:8 saving the days when 5:2 not possible. Slow but steady I really appreciate being able to just please myself what I eat but still know I am fitting on a fast of a kind. I still relax one day or two days a week and eat from waking to dinner if I choose. Target getting closed

Well done Gillymary, love to hear about these successes

Ballerina x

Whilst on holiday I am going to try to stick to 16:8ing on eating days, still fit in some fasting days & not record what I eat to try & estimate calories. I will not be able to weigh myself whilst away so I will have to wean myself off weighing & trying to record what I eat. So an experiment for me in trying to keep a check on what I eat without recording anything & wait & see if I do not gain any weight.