FastDay User Blogs

Journals, thoughts and musings from our community

Archives

- October 2016

Days 41-44
28 Oct 2016, 04:32

Days 38-40
23 Oct 2016, 20:48

Test
21 Oct 2016, 10:34

Days 35-37
21 Oct 2016, 00:54

Day 34
18 Oct 2016, 07:02

Day 33
17 Oct 2016, 01:57

Days 31 and 32
16 Oct 2016, 04:06

Days 29 and 30
14 Oct 2016, 06:24

Day 28
12 Oct 2016, 05:04

Days 26-27
11 Oct 2016, 09:07

Day 25
08 Oct 2016, 23:16

Days 22-24 I think!
08 Oct 2016, 03:48

Days 20-21
05 Oct 2016, 06:19

Days 17-19
03 Oct 2016, 06:43

+ September 2016

My food management journey

Daily? record of my food management journey to see if I can learn more strategies for effective management of my food consumption

The start!

by Sassy1 on 15 Sep 2016, 00:56

I have decided to start a blog. Obviously. The aim is to help me work out strategies to manage/prevent (over) eating when I am not hungry.

A recap on me, in case anyone else reads this. I have been borderline overweight since puberty, with some notable exceptions. I had not dieted since early adulthood but when I retired from paid work, I started putting on more weight. I came across a short article on 5:2 in a magazine, I decided it was something I could do, and I did. I lost on average about half a kg a week, and reached my arbitrary goal after 36 weeks, having lost 18kg to reach a BMI of 21-22. That is now over 3 years ago. I seemed to lose the weight very easily at that time. I followed the basic 5:2 but did make some other changes to my diet - reducing pasta, rice, bread, fruit. My basic diet has always been quite healthy - I already ate a lot of vegetables and not much processed food, but chocolate is a weakness as well as binge eating in the evening. My other major challenge is when I can't have my usual large salad for lunch and lots of veg for dinner, I will almost always overeat anything else available. A major problem when on holiday, which we now go on quite often,

For the first year after reaching goal I was able to more or less maintain at about goal, but after a big overseas holiday I put on quite a few kilos and can't shift it all. I lose some, then put it back and keep cycling through that...

I am now much more active than I was when working, so in fact my TDEE is now probably not much different than it was when I was stable borderline overweight. The activity is what helps keep my weight from going up too much.

But I continue to battle with semi-regular evening bingeing, and not being able to eat in moderation if I can't have lots of veg.

Some things that help:
- drinking lots of water (but this makes my interrupted sleep even worse)
- keeping a record of what I eat
- doing something with my hands - knitting, colouring in

I am not prepared to cut chocolate from my diet. Some days I am able to only eat a small amount, I just need that to be almost every day!

Food is one of the things that gives me pleasure, and I do not wish to cut out any foods that I like. I know that I can maintain a reasonable weight and still eat lots of different things, including carbs, the problem is eating when not hungry. Cutting out non-veg carbs can help, but I don't find it sustainable and I can easily overindulge in fatty foods (nuts and cheese) as alternatives anyway.

I do wonder if there is truth in the body finding a weight that it is comfortable with, and if you go below that, it will conspire to put weight back on. If I hadn't got to such a low weight as I did with goal, I would be more content at my current size.

BUT the issue is still that I would like to find a way to reduce/eliminate the over-eating in evenings and to find ways to manage my intake when I don't have vegetables available to me.

I am currently in the final stages of a cold, and over the last week I have consistently eaten far too much and not done any exercise either. So I don't feel too good. I don't want to "diet" while recovering from the cold (eg no fast days) but I do want to get back on track again and really see if I can sort out some effective strategies for managing my food intake.

I am hoping that a daily blog will help!

I haven't eaten yet today, and it is 11am. I have not felt hungry, no doubt due to the huge binge yesterday. I can't work out whether to have a late brekkie of my fave eggs followed by porridge, or just wait till lunch. Think I might do the latter, since not hungry yet.

I have not posted on the forum for over a year, for various reasons. I have mixed thoughts about doing so.
Last edited by Sassy1 on 21 Sep 2016, 04:24, edited 1 time in total.

Goal reached December 2013, weight loss strategy 5:2, weight management strategy is eating a wide range of (mainly) whole foods but am back to following 5:2 for a while. Main eating challenge is the evening munchies! :razz:
0 Comments   Viewed 35797 times

START THE 5:2 DIET WITH HELP FROM FASTDAY

Be healthier. Lose weight. Eat the foods you love, most of the time.

Learn about the 5:2 diet

LEARN ABOUT FASTING
We've got loads of info about intermittent fasting, written in a way which is easy to understand. Whether you're wondering about side effects or why the scales aren't budging, we've got all you need to know.

Your intermittent fasting questions answered ASK QUESTIONS & GET SUPPORT
Come along to the FastDay Forum, we're a friendly bunch and happy to answer your fasting questions and offer support. Why not join in one of our regular challenges to help you towards your goal weight?

Use our free 5:2 diet tracker FREE 5:2 DIET PROGRESS TRACKER & BLOG
Tracking your diet progress is great for staying motivated. Chart your measurements and keep tabs on your daily calorie needs. You can even create a free blog to journal your 5:2 experience!