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Fasting for over a month now...

by LadanTrying on 05 Dec 2014, 09:08

Well, I've done it.. I have finally hit my first personal milestone--to stay on the 5:2 consistently for at least a month. Yay me! I feel much more adjusted to things this time around and haven't been using health issues as an excuse not to fast. I think, looking back, that I allowed health problems to function as an excuse at some times more than anything else. I must not have been ready to really commit to the process.

This time around it all feels different. I've written before that I quite like my fast days--I really do. I'm so aware of what I'm consuming, it seems to make all the difference. That wasn't how I felt about them the first go-around. Fasting felt like a chore and I looked at it as a slow, painful marathon.

So as far as numbers go.. well, this is where I'm at: current weight loss of 13.5 lbs (6.1 kg), almost a stone. I've lost a baby! My BMI is down 2.13 points... and to reach my goal weight (71.5 kg), I've got 9.3 kg to go. I imagine it will take me another two-three months to get there. That will put me properly back into the healthy BMI range.

I have no illusions that this average 2.5 lbs/week rate will keep up. I am prepared for the fact that my weight will suffer a bit during Christmas, though I'm already considering doing a kind of 16/8 approach on my feed days (so I only eat 8 hours on those days) or just trying to limit myself to one of each treat that I'm dead keen to sample. I've been so 'scared' about Christmas. I suppose the only thing I have to actually be scared of is myself and my own lack of self-control! There are so many wonderful things about this time of year that have nothing to do with food. :)

Tomorrow is the official start of my Christmas parties, dinners, lunches, and functions (got about 6-7 of them)... so we'll see how I fare.

New goals: 1. Get through Christmas with some weight loss (even if it's just a pound!). 2. Do an extra exercise session per week.

My weight numbers...
SW: 191 (Nov 2)
CW: 177.5 (Dec 5)
IW: 170 (hopefully in mid- to late January!)
GW: 157.5 (Healthy BMI!), hopefully by late February/early March!

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