I've been lazy today. I was planning to fast until 6pm as I did the previous days. However I found I was starving by 2pm.i had a hot drink ( I found in the past a hot drink helps make me feel full prior to a meal)
So I made a 2 egg omelette , I added 10ml of water to mixture, pepper and a twist of salt. Followed with a hot coffee and a glass of water. I felt so much better for eating earlier. I only used up 140 cals so I've just cheated and had another omelette with ham, plus a hot coffee and another glass of water. I'm not prepared today, hence 2 omelettes , I will have to rethink one meal so I don't have 4 eggs per fast day. I hope tomrow I've lost the 3lb I put on yesterday. But this is only my first week, I have to learn how my body will cope on this plan.
So I made a 2 egg omelette , I added 10ml of water to mixture, pepper and a twist of salt. Followed with a hot coffee and a glass of water. I felt so much better for eating earlier. I only used up 140 cals so I've just cheated and had another omelette with ham, plus a hot coffee and another glass of water. I'm not prepared today, hence 2 omelettes , I will have to rethink one meal so I don't have 4 eggs per fast day. I hope tomrow I've lost the 3lb I put on yesterday. But this is only my first week, I have to learn how my body will cope on this plan.
Trying to convert to 5:2
by mamabear on 20 Mar 2013, 14:02
I'm actually a Dukan(er) advocate, or was. I lived and breathed the Dukan way of life. I had a huge following on their site. I lost 4.5 Stone. The weight fell off me( believe me when i say that it was not a good thing, it took nearly a year to mentally see how different i looked). And then a little miracle happened He's now 11 months old and Mamabear has the saggy baggy body of a walrus, the energy of a tortoise and the memory of a gold fish! but i won't lie and say i didn't enjoy getting here, i ate my way through 9 mths of anxiety/pregnancy.
But with another mouth to feed, and only one wage coming in to the household, i am struggling to justify spending a fortune on meat/fish to loose weight. So i needed to have a rethink. I hear people chatting about this 5:2 plan
I watch friends and family try and succeed at this 5:2 plan so i think, well i'll give it a go and see what happens.
So far i have lost 2st in the past 2 and a half months, but then it stopped ( having a little one, has made focusing on myself hard), and that was when i had a rethink about cost/diet. Thus it brings me to your door step. Humble and Hoping that i will find help, support and understanding about fixing my self.
I started this new year at around 16St i think but officially i knew i was 15 st 9lb in November last year ( went to france at christmas, i ate like a horse lol)
So this weekend i started 5:2 i weighed 13 st 12lb. I did the 5:2 Saturday and lost 1lb. i had Sunday off. I did Monday and lost 1lb. So Tuesday i weighed 13st 10lb
I had yesterday off and i ate CARBS. this morning i weighed 13St 12lb
CARBS are NOT my friend. However i wonder if this is just a hiccup as i am so used to not eating carbs, my body just consumed and held onto them. I am Fasting today and tomorrow will show me if i need to exclude them of reintegrate them back into my life style.
I also have thyroid problems and not eating carbs really helped and made my life much lighter/brighter. but its hard. I know i have to be sensible.
My goal is to loose my baby weight, to be back in a size 12, wear my sexy Levi's and put my uber lovely cowboy boots on ( they are waiting in my wardrobe)
So i have a few questions if anyone is starting out of this plan too.
1, is any one else doing alternate days? ( 4:3)
2, is anyone not eating carbs on feast days?
I've read the book, it says i can do alternate days,
3, but is this setting myself up for a struggle?
Oh and whats with being totally wired and awake at night on a FASTING day i mean really wide awake, Brain going like the clappers, i was soooo fatigued in the day too.
Today i have had nothing but weak white coffee (instant), plenty of water ( I've learnt that my body needs a minimum of 1.5lts a day.
Tonight i plan to have omelette with what ever i can add that will add up to about 400 calls.
I'm so frightened of failing again, of not getting it right. I'm a positive person, surrounded by positive people ( luckily) but i am also trying to be very focused to succeed. I did it once, therefor i can do it again, just slightly differently this time.
And i think this time on this plan, i will obviously loose very slowly, but maybe thats a good thing. Loosing 4.5st in 5 months was great, but because it came off so terribly quickly, it took me a very long time to understand i was a thin person, and for a very long time i still saw a fat person in the mirror and in my head. I learnt an awful lot about myself as i lost weight last time.
So i know the basics and with the info to hand, fingers crossed with positive support and staying in contact with others i will loose my excess