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I heard about the 5:2 diet from my sister and was initially sceptical but having read the book and watched the Horizon program it really started to seem like a good idea.
Having yo-yo dieted for years and become fed up with the constant monitoring of, and therefore constant thinking about, food, it seems a great idea to be able to only stirctly monitor two days a week. Let's hope it works!
So Monday 18th March 2013 was the first fast day. I had prepared in advance and made a red lentil, tomato and chilli soup for the evening. I was expecting to eat something for breakfast but simply didn't feel hungry at the time so there seemed no point in using up calories.
Had the day off work unexpectedly so was able to go to the gym in the middle of the day which was helpful. Didn't feel hungry until about 3pm so had a bowl of soup then which was lovely!
Was starting to get really hungry by 5ish but made myself hang on until 6 when I had another bowl of soup, two boiled eggs and some low fat greek...
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Having yo-yo dieted for years and become fed up with the constant monitoring of, and therefore constant thinking about, food, it seems a great idea to be able to only stirctly monitor two days a week. Let's hope it works!
So Monday 18th March 2013 was the first fast day. I had prepared in advance and made a red lentil, tomato and chilli soup for the evening. I was expecting to eat something for breakfast but simply didn't feel hungry at the time so there seemed no point in using up calories.
Had the day off work unexpectedly so was able to go to the gym in the middle of the day which was helpful. Didn't feel hungry until about 3pm so had a bowl of soup then which was lovely!
Was starting to get really hungry by 5ish but made myself hang on until 6 when I had another bowl of soup, two boiled eggs and some low fat greek...
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Nearly 5 years, my how time flies. My current weight is 135, and I have decided to start fasting more often to get to my goal of 128. Anything between 128-132 is good these days. I have been around...
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With two big holiday events in the past 10 days, my eating parameters have suffered a bit to say the least! For some reason I just could not get myself to fast this past week AT ALL, plus those two events...
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I feel like I've entered the doldrums of weightloss, where everything goes sooooo sloooowly.... But I've finally touched the 152's! Yay! And I went clothes shopping this past weekend (my body was looking...
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Popped back up to the 155 range this morning (10/30/2017), but feels like this is the ceiling instead of the floor this time, which is encouraging. Besides, my monthly cycles appeared today, so must allow...
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I'm currently shifting a lot of my mindset and methods this week, so I'm jumping off the weeks and switching to days. This is, after all, a whole life kind of thing, right? Besides, I don't like having...
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Good luck, @moderatemeals! I think you'll love this way of life!
Losing 1.6 pounds is hardly a plateau! You are not going to keep losing at the same rate as the beginning. You should be very happy with 1 pound a week!
Thanks for the comment, cblasz.
Maybe this WOE is so successful that everyone's lost the weight and got on with their lives! I can hope ...
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Maybe this WOE is so successful that everyone's lost the weight and got on with their lives! I can hope ...
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Yes, it is terribly dead here, especially lately. I think that people either just have all the information they need or have stopped this WOE. It is a shame. But stick around. It seems to go in waves....
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