Before 5:2 I was struggling with stress incontinence. I didn't drink much fluids except alcohol and thought I ate healthily but the pounds piled on. And with IBS there were other issues I won't go into.
Three weeks into this 5:2 first week and now doing 4:3 I have noticed an incredible improvement. My quality of life has increased a hundred fold and I am astonished. I started this to lose weight, didn't even consider the health benefits as I thought it was not possible to change the damage I have done to my body.
14 lbs loss later, I no longer mirror that stupid Tena lady advert 'oops', good grief, I never once said oops and giggled like it was funny. My IBS has almost gone and I am drinking at least 2 litres of water plus coffee and no sugar drinks.
I tried to eat as many calories as I could yesterday, it being a non fasting day. I struggle to even meet my BMR level usually but made myself eat more yesterday. Managed about 1700 calories but it was a real struggle. I bought a trifle as a 'treat' but was horrified to find it had 700 calories in it! I ate half, felt like there was a house brick residing in my stomach and gave the other half to my dogs this morning.
I did enjoy the guilt free eating including two glasses of wine although I had to work at it. I wonder if constantly not eating enough, then eating whole packets of snacks and drinking every night was the reason I didn't lose weight before although I had started to watch my portion control and lost a bit a few months ago.
It's fun working out what works for me and trying different things. I never thought fasting would be fun!
Three weeks into this 5:2 first week and now doing 4:3 I have noticed an incredible improvement. My quality of life has increased a hundred fold and I am astonished. I started this to lose weight, didn't even consider the health benefits as I thought it was not possible to change the damage I have done to my body.
14 lbs loss later, I no longer mirror that stupid Tena lady advert 'oops', good grief, I never once said oops and giggled like it was funny. My IBS has almost gone and I am drinking at least 2 litres of water plus coffee and no sugar drinks.
I tried to eat as many calories as I could yesterday, it being a non fasting day. I struggle to even meet my BMR level usually but made myself eat more yesterday. Managed about 1700 calories but it was a real struggle. I bought a trifle as a 'treat' but was horrified to find it had 700 calories in it! I ate half, felt like there was a house brick residing in my stomach and gave the other half to my dogs this morning.
I did enjoy the guilt free eating including two glasses of wine although I had to work at it. I wonder if constantly not eating enough, then eating whole packets of snacks and drinking every night was the reason I didn't lose weight before although I had started to watch my portion control and lost a bit a few months ago.
It's fun working out what works for me and trying different things. I never thought fasting would be fun!
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